Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-12-10

avenue west OF Sd street. and q reservation on vlr.
gtnia avenue, between LIST and % streets. are In
tended for the use OF all religious denominations,
on which they are TO erect churches. "But,- he
says, mo burial grounds will be admitted within
the limits OF the city, an appropriation being in
tended for that purpose witnout' postscript
says: There are q number OF squares unapproprf-
ated and In situations proper for colleges and
academies, and Of which every society whose Oh
house waSin the s he ssys nWi stand SQUARE
on the streets, and every lot, even those on the
divergent avenues will run square with their
measure less than 80 feet, and many win be above
lao feet"
WEST WASHINGTON
u represented as OF two principal streets, Bridge
and High, and two others extending north and
northeast from q circle just beyond Rock Greek,
on street. Major L'Enfant, at that early date.
must have foreseen the necessity for some OF the
improvements lately projected, for by dotted lines
ne marks AN extension Of Massachusetts, avenue
Frederick Town." and he also. In the same man
ner, projects or 7 north TO intersect the same
tSsa , On 5he eastern SIDE q The ely ne also run
road to Bladensburg. leaving the city line at the
terminus OF the extinct avenue.
FrankIin PhiIp.
To the Editor Of THE EVENING STAR:
There were but few OF the residents OF Washington
but one decade age who did not know personally
or by reputation Franklin Philip. who at that time
was prosperous member OF the publishing and
stationery house OF Philip & Soomons Leaving
washington, his residence abroad was not marked
by that degree Of ease and comfort attending upon
success which his friends could have wished for,
ana be has passed away "among the great major.
1ty, Is was his favorte mode OF expressing death,
without an enemy, and dearly loved by all who
1Sr ns N Oh
lor nearly Q third OF century, ne entertained at
his house more Of the titerati and distinguished
city; while to our own citizens philips sunday
evenings" at his beautiful home on ST, opposite
20 tfanKln Square, WAS an event always pleasant
gathering where the elite OF society, harmonious
surroundings, and hearty good cheer, nlled place
IN the memory OF all never TO wither or die. Mr..
Philp was q man OF very generous Impulses, broad
culture gentle manners and filled with that seduc-
tive magnetism that attracts and never repels.
in art, combined with ready conversational powers
and welding ready pen, bis society was always
sought after from Chas. Dickens, whose guest he
was at Gadd's Hill, down the whole grade OF liter
airy celebrities that adorn the capital In religion
he was liberal to fault and came OF long line OF
distinguished Unitarians, in which belief he died.
For several years he was a vestryman In the old
Sixth Street Unitarian church, which Is now used
as the Police Court when Moncure ID. conway was
its pastor. and when his anti-slavery preaching
was by no means popular. wife and daughter
in England and his brother In this city the only
survivors OF the Philip family. We mentally water
Blended form and fervent prayer TO the Throne OF
Grace reyerently exclaim: Requiescdt IN pace. S.
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Where Deer Antlers Go.
WHY THE HORNS SHED ANNUALLY ARE SELDOM
FOUND By HUNTERS.
AT the the last meeting OF the Biological society
Dr.. c. A. White read paper "On the Rapid Disap-
pearance OF the Shed Antlers OF the Cervida, that
called out considerable discussion. "Every hunter
and naturalist" said DR.. White, sis well aware
that although the cervidB shed their horns an
most imperfect condition OF preservation, which
are ever discovered, bear no comparison with the
number that must annually be dropped upon the
ground In the regions where those animals live
IL Is also well known that the horns or these ami
mails killed before the time Of shedding may
be , exposed to the weather for years
Of the western part OF our national domain deer
and elk are, or have been, so numerous that II
their shed horns were not destroyed by some spe-
cial agency, we ought, in view OF their hard, bony
character, to expect to ind them In immense
numbers and In fairly good condition. In a late
he Informed me that he had discovered the AGENT
Of destruction Of shed horns, which his presence
the time OF the shedding enabled him to do to his
own entire satisfaction. This agent, he says, is
as soon as it falls, and destroys it BY burrowing
into its substance. He says that he has often OBJ
served this and has obtained numerous specimens
the Larvae, until the horns were ready TO fall to
pieces almost by their own weight
"AlthOugh have spent much time In regions
where the cervdB were abundant have never
been there at the time OF the shedding OF their
horns cannot therefore either affirm or deny
the observations OF Capt. Smith, but can Join In
the expressions OF surprise which / have often
heard that SO few shed horns should be discovered
even where deer and elk are very abundant. The
shed horns seem TO be equally rare at the high
and low elevations and at nigh and low ATTITUDES;
that is, within wide range Of climate and OF TEN.
perature. II Capt smith Is correct In his observa-
tons for the region where he made them there
must be more than species OF insects concerned
In the destruction OF the horns OF the cervid be-
cause 1t is not to be expected that any one species
could have the full range OF climate and wide geo
graphical distribution which that family OF maui
mails has"